This Had Oscar Buzz

A podcast about movies the awards forgot

295 episodes transcribed
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217 – Mary Reilly

Episode Date: October 31, 2022

Happy Halloween, Garys! Get ready for lots of whispers and accents as we close spooky season with one of our oft-referenced favorites, 1996′s uberflop...

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216 – Snowden

Episode Date: October 24, 2022

Welcome all our new CIA listeners, because this week we are talking about 2016′s Snowden. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as controversial whistleblower...

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Reunited at TIFF!

Episode Date: September 19, 2022

It’s an annual tradition! Joe and Chris (reunited for the first time in years!) are reporting on the films of the 2022 Toronto International Film Fest...

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211 – Mermaids

Episode Date: September 12, 2022

We’ve got a personal favorite coming to you today starring one of our most beloved icons! After winning her Best Actress Oscar for Moonstruck, Cher th...

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210 – 25th Hour

Episode Date: September 5, 2022

We talk about a lot of films dealing with the social and political aftermath of 9/11 but few like this week’s episode: Spike Lee’s 25th Hour. Filmed i...

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206 – Infamous

Episode Date: August 8, 2022

Before Bennett Miller’s Capote even arrived and made a steamroll Best Actor winner out of Philip Seymour Hoffman, there was an entire other Truman Cap...

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205 – The Four Feathers

Episode Date: August 1, 2022

Long-time listeners of the podcast will recognize this week’s episode as one promised from the very beginning! In 2002, The Four Feathers arrived with...

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202 – Us

Episode Date: July 11, 2022

Few filmmaking ascents have been as exciting and heralded as Jordan Peele’s with the arrival of Get Out in 2017. After creating lasting cultural impor...

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201 – How Do You Know

Episode Date: July 4, 2022

While not known for their love for comedies, the Academy has often proven a fan for the works of James L. Brooks. This week, we’re talking about his (...

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200 – Gloria Bell

Episode Date: June 27, 2022

We’ve made it to 200 episodes! And as long-time listeners are aware, there are few THOB-eligible films as beloved as Gloria Bell. In 2013, Sebastián L...

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199 – Shutter Island

Episode Date: June 20, 2022

This episode, we return to the work of director Martin Scorsese, with one of his very few films to receive zero Oscar nominations, 2010′s Shutter Isla...